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Reuben was the 1st born son to Jacob. His mother was Leah.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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His Name Means:\u00a0“See it’s a son!”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Present Name: Seminole and Muskogee Indians
\nLocation: Florida<\/p>\n

Reuben, was the firstborn son of Jacob. His name means\u00a0\u201csee it\u2019s a son\u201d<\/i>; read\u00a0Genesis 29:32, \u201cAnd Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0The tribe of Reuben, was included in the\u00a0migration<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0\u201cTen Tribes of Israel\u201d<\/i>\u00a0to the Americas in during the Persian captivity in 536 B.C.<\/p>\n

Genesis 49:\u00a01\u00a0\u201cAnd Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the\u00a0last days.\u201d The last days occur from the days of Christ till today. Read Hebrews 1:2.<\/p>\n

Genesis\u00a049:3\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cReuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201d My might, and the beginning of my strength\u2026\u201d<\/i>\u00a0Jacob, was letting Reuben know that being the firstborn was a blessing because all the strength, power and wealth that a man had would be given to his firstborn according to tradition.<\/p>\n

Verse 3\u00a0continues \u2013\u00a0\u201c\u2026the excellency of dignity\u2026\u201d<\/i>
\n<\/i>Now Jacob is speaking of a characteristic of the tribe of Reuben. Dignity means nobility of character and respectful. When we examine the Seminole Indians, they possessed this quality of nobility in their dress code.\u00a01They wore\u00a0mitres<\/a>\u00a0unlike the war bonnets of their brothers the North American Indians, and garments of excellent design. The mitre, was to be worn by the priests of the Nation of Israel, who were held in high esteem because they were chosen to do the service of the Most High. Reuben, was indeed noble and honorable also in their pride for their nation.\u00a02When the so called white man got the five civilized Indian nations to participate in the enslavement of the\u00a03Negroes (from niger meaning black)<\/i>\u00a0the Seminole Indians (Reuben) was the only tribe to resist these demands. Instead of enslaving their brothers they made them leaders and gave their daughters to them in\u00a0marriage<\/a>. Many runaway slaves found safety among the Seminoles of Florida. The Seminoles, also participated in slave revolts in which they fought alongside their brothers. So Reuben, was the excellency of dignity.<\/p>\n

Verse 3\u00a0continues \u2013\u00a0\u201c\u2026and the excellency of power\u2026\u201d<\/i>
\nThe\u00a0\u201cexcellency of power\u201d<\/i>\u00a0means Reuben was a powerful tribe. Ponce De Leon, found out about this power. He was killed by a poisoned dart in a battle against the Calusas (Seminoles). The so called white man could not bend Reuben, because of their honor and pride, which lead to brutal warfare. Many wars were fought and many lives lost but because of their dignity the Seminoles never willingly signed a peace treaty with the so called white man. They were tricked into signing\u00a0one\u00a0treaty, which they themselves broke. In the\u00a05records of the white-man it is written that the Seminoles were the worst enemy they had encountered out of all the Natives because of their power and their strict belief in honor. Which shows that Reuben was, the excellency of power.<\/p>\n

Genesis 49:4\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cUnstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father\u2019s bed; then defilest thou it; he went up to my couch.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Reuben, was\u00a0\u201cunstable as water\u201d<\/i>\u00a0because they were always moving around. During the years of the invasion of the Spaniards, the Seminoles were known to be a\u00a06nomadic tribe traveling to Indian coastal towns in the Florida Keys, the Bahamas and the islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico. That\u2019s why the so called white man called them Seminoles, meaning\u00a0\u201crunaway\u201d<\/i>. It was because of this un-stability that they ended up in Florida, originally being in the mountains of Quito, in South America.<\/p>\n

Verse 4\u00a0continues \u2013\u00a0\u201c\u2026thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father\u2019s bed; then defilest thou it; he went up to my couch.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Reuben, was not going to excel as far as getting the birthright because he slept with Jacob\u2019s concubine read;\u00a0Genesis 35:22\u00a0and\u00a0I Chronicles 5:1.<\/p>\n

Genesis 35:22\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cAnd it came to pass that when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father\u2019s concubine: and Israel heard it\u2026\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

I Chronicles 5:1\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cNow the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father\u2019s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright\u2026)<\/i><\/p>\n

So because of the sin of Reuben, he did not excel and his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh).<\/p>\n

Deuteronomy 33:6\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cLet Reuben live and not die; and let not his men be few.\u201d<\/i>
\n<\/i>Reuben\u2019s honor lead them to many wars with the so called white man and massacres of their fellow tribesman. The main enemy of the Seminoles, was\u00a07Andrew Jackson,\u00a0he ignored the supreme court ruling that the Indians could remain in their land until the United States needed it. He led in the\u00a0\u201cIndian Removal Campaign\u201d<\/i><\/a>\u00a0which was to be enforced by the gun. That\u2019s why the Most High said;\u00a0\u201clet Reuben live and not die\u201d<\/i>\u00a0because even though the Seminoles were being slaughtered, they would not utterly be destroyed and their men would not be few.<\/p>\n

The following is what happened to Antonio Montezinos (a Spanish explorer), when he visited the Seminole Indians in the mountains of Quito, prior to their migration to Florida. The passage contains what was told to him by the Seminoles, concerning their identity, and the identity of their brothers located in Puerto Rico and Cuba. This information is found in\u00a0\u201cLost Tribes and Promised Lands\u201d, by Ronald Sanders on\u00a0page 363-365.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpon hearing her words they rose, went over to Montezinos and, to his utter astonishment, said: \u201cShema, Yisroel, Adonai Elohenu Adonai Ehod\u201d (Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One\u201d). They had recited, in Hebrew, the fundamental credo of Judaism.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cThey told him that they were themselves of the tribe of Reuben, and that the tribe of Joseph lived on an island nearby.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cOnly the sorcerers of his tribe had perceived that they were a special people, and had given warning that they should be left alone. \u201cThe God of these children of Israel is the true God,\u201d they had said, \u201cand everything inscribed on their tablets is true. At the end of days, they will be lords of all the nations of the earth. One nation will come bringing many things to this land, and after we have all been provided for, these children of Israel will go forth from where they now are and reign over the whole earth, as they once did.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Bibliography
\n1.\u00a0\u201cAfter Colombus\u201d, by Herman J. Viola pg.138
\n2.\u00a0\u201cBlack Indians\u201d, by William Loren Katz pg. 57&58
\n3.\u00a0\u201cBlack Indians\u201d, by William Loren Katz pg.56
\n4.\u00a0\u201cAmerican Heritage Dictionary\u201d, Second Edition
\n5.\u00a0\u201cAfter Colombus\u201d, by Herman J. Viola pg.143
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\n9.\u00a0\u201c500 Nations\u201d\u00a0by Alvin M. Joseph pg. 325<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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